Hartnett: Pouliot Finally Finds Home in New York; Must Be Re-Signed

[Johnnydollaz89]

Once considered wiry and lazy by critics, Pouliot has learned to use his 6-foot-3 frame to cause traffic in front of net and win battles for the puck.

“He’s been playing awesome for us,” Brassard said earlier this season. “He’s a big body, he skates well, he goes to the front of the net, he wins a lot of pucks and he’s been doing a really good job at it.”

In the summer, Glen Sather wisely took a low-risk, one-year, $1.3 million roll of the dice on Pouliot. It’s a decision that has paid off big-time for the Blueshirts.

It’s of importance for Sather to re-sign Pouliot given his successful contributions. Why break up a good thing?

Sather understandably has plenty important tasks to address in the offseason. One of them is keeping the Pouliot-Brassard-Zuccarello line intact for seasons to come.

The each of the trio’s contracts are expiring at the end of the season and are each due a raise. Pouliot is an upcoming unrestricted free agent, while Zuccarello and Brassard are both restricted free agents.

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I agree with him. He's been solid with Brassard and Zuccarello. Getting PP time and he's producing on it. I definitely think he should be given a two-year extension, i'm not sure i'd go more than that, for now.​

 

[David_son]

I agree but only about 2 mil a year tops. Anything more is a waste of money, he is having a break out year but big bodied power forwards are not hard to come by. That is why we traded Cally he wanted more then what he can provide.

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Well I wouldn't say breakout, he's scored 20 goals as a member of the Lightning. But no more than 2M and two-years. Agreed